Ship on Fire
The ship Cedarbank, from Newcastle, New South Wales, arrived in San Francisco with her cargo of coal burning. The fire had been burning a month and two explosions had…
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Fires & bushfires, 1893
35 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 2
Fire
By a fire yesterday morning in Roberts' grocery shop, Oxford-street, severe damage was done…
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A fire broke out in David Jones and Co's., drapers, at 5 o'clock this morning. The prompt action of the firemen, after 20 minutes work, saved the premises. The fire broke…
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A fire occurred last night in Clifford, Love, and Co' s, Kent-street, but was extinguished by the brigades before much damage was done…
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A terrible disaster occurred during a performance at an opera house in the State of Illinois. The building was discovered to be on fire, and a panic ensued, 10 persons being…
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'Juggling with fire was practised in very ancient times,' said a learned professor. 'Many of the tricks of that sort which are best known to-day were employed to…
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A large fire occurred at Parkes this morning. The shops of Lewis, saddler, Best, bootmaker,Wable, tailor, and M'Guffin, chemist, were reduced to ashes in less than half an…
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Burling's, 'bus proprietor, stables, Newtown, have been destroyed by fire, and ten horses burnt to death. The place is uninsured…
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The comparatively modern invention of gunpowder has blown many of the appliances of ancient warfare from the battle field, and among the discarded munitions…
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A fire on Sunday morning in the forehold of the mail steamer India resulted in the total destruction of 600 bales of wool. Incendiarism is strongly suspected. The ship Itself…
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The people of what was formerly the Island of Torco, Indian Ocean, once had a taste of what the Orthodox believe the end of the world will be like. Up to 4th June, 1693, the island was…
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A CURIOUS phenomenon, in the shape of a subterranean fire, is reported from Barbotan-les-- Bains, in the department of the Gere, France. About 40 years ago the country was marshy,…
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TUSCOLOLO'S western windows reflected back the aurora as the sun went down over the Wisconsin prairies through a bank of illuminated mist one…
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A fire broke out this morning in the TELEGRAPH newspaper office. A considerable portion of the machine room was gutted, and 60 reels of paper damaged, but all was insured…
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Large bush fires are raging near Wagga, and a large number of selectors are wholly or partially burnt out. One lost 30,000 acres of grass, and another 14,000, and a third 6000…
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